A Penny for Your Thoughts

Abstract

This paper aims to demonstrate the different conceptions of Justice in the literature of Cora Coralina. The analysis comprehends each work of art as an expression of the thoughts of a specific artist in a specific moment of time. While it is impossible to collect thoughts, as research data for a deeper understanding the concept of Justice in our society by, we can definitely collect works of art as written evidence of these expressions. It provides an insight analysis, due to the fact that it considers the diversity of conceptions, making it possible to work with the great variations in the spectrum. The literature of Cora Coralina could be used as a sample of how uniquely one can perceive Justice in different contexts of life. Cora sang of the injustices and the justices of her life experiences – “my lost penny, my penny of happiness/ the bigger capacity of being myself, my constant affirmation”. Our humanity is complex, and so are our thoughts. This paper gives a penny for Cora Coralina’s thoughts of Justice as a sample of our complexity.